View Single Post
Old 05-01-21, 03:50 PM
  #3  
blakcloud
Senior Member
 
blakcloud's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2007
Posts: 2,595
Mentioned: 12 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 608 Post(s)
Liked 352 Times in 225 Posts
Have a look at Surly Straggler or Midnight Special. These are stout steel bikes that would handle everything you are talking about. Also look at the the sister brand of Surly All City bikes, they have at least five that would work well. The Space Horse GRX is just one I would look at but there are others.

Personally I wouldn't recommend touring bikes, tire clearance can be an issue if you truly want a gravel bike.

The other route you could go is touring without a rack. Bag manufactures have come a long way of fitting bags to bikes for the gravel adventure series. So many to choose from. Good luck in your search.
blakcloud is offline